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ANIGH

/əˈnai/5 letters

Definition of ANIGH

adverb

Nigh; near.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ANIGH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 5 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
70
First board
103
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

gnawinglySUPPORTER

on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ANIGH
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ANIGH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AGHIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ANIGH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ANIGH?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 70 - and most players walked straight past it.

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